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  • Italy makes its first foray into small scale LNG service with OLT’s auctions

    8 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Italy’s floating regasification terminal operator OLT Offshore LNG Toscana, controlled by Snam and Igneo Infrastructure Partners, has launched the first auctions for a small scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) (SSLNG) service, achieved through a bidirectional LNG transfer at its floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) moored off the coast of Livorno.

  • Japanese Freighter Catches Fire in South Korea Port

    30 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    The 1991-built, 7050 dwt general cargo ship Fortune Ace caught fire yesterday while docked at Pyeongtaek port, South Korea, Asia Today reports. The Panama-flagged ship arrived to Pyeongtaek from Hong Kong and was reportedly carrying a cargo of coconut by-products. Local fire department managed to contain and put out the fire. South Korean Coast Guard is on scene to investigate the cause […]

  • Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Catches Fire in the Mediterranean

    23 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Royal Caribbean International’s cruise ship Splendour of the Seas caught fire in one of its its two engine rooms in the morning hours of October 22 while sailing to Argostoli, Greece. The fire was contained and extinguished by the ship’s fire suppression system, according to Royal Caribbean. 20 crew members and 1 passenger were treated for smoke inhalation. One […]

  • Shots Fired at Merchant Vessel off Somalia

    17 October 2018

    A merchant vessel was attacked in the Gulf of Aden, offshore Somalia.

  • Combustible plastic said tied to ship fire

    28 April 2006

    A combustible plastic on the balconies of a Star Princess cruise ship may have played a major role in the quick spread of the March fire aboard the vessel that killed an American man and injured 13 passengers, a British marine agency said Thursday. A type of widely used plastic called polycarbonate found in the […]

  • Dynapumps delivers fire pumps to Wheatstone LNG

    11 August 2014

    Dynapumps recently completed one of the biggest fire pump packages the company has supplied yet. These LNG fire water pumps were supplied for the Chevron- operated Wheatstone liquefied natural gas plant that is currently under construction in Western Australia. There were three packages supplied. The first consisted of three diesel pump sets, two fitted with jockey […]

  • Fire-Ravaged Maersk Honam to Be Towed to Jebel Ali

    22 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Honam, which was hit by a major fire on March 6, will be towed to Jebel Ali, the UAE.

  • Pirates Fire at LNG Carrier off Nigeria

    12 November 2018

    An LNG tanker was chased and fired upon by nine pirates in a speed boat on November 6.

  • Update: Fire Aboard Spanish Ferry Contained

    30 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Spanish maritime services managed to extinguish the fire which had been burning aboard the car ferry Sorrento since Monday afternoon, Salvamento Maritimo reports. The ferry is currently located some 18 nautical miles off Dragonera, the Balearic Islands. The surveyors are on scene, and the towing operations are expected to start today. Several aerial surveys were conducted yesterday, reporting […]

  • Petrobras’ FPSO P-48 catches fire

    18 March 2016

    A Petrobras’ offshore oil platform in Brazil caught fire on Thursday, but was extinguished, Sindipetro NF, a Brazilian workers’ union has revealed. According to the union, the fire started at the P-48 floating production storage and offloading unit at 13:30 local time. Citing workers aboard the FPSO, the union said that the flames had reached a […]

  • RCC Passion Hit by Engine Fire, No Injuries Reported

    2 December 2019

    Based on the latest update, the fire has been extinguished.

  • Fire Breaks Out on Board Fred.Olsen’s Boudicca

    26 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    A fire broke out in the engine room on board Fred.Olsen’s cruise ship Boudicca at around 4am on Sunday 25th January 2015, while the cruise ship was sailing off the coast of Casablanca, Morocco, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines confirmed. The ship is now proceeding towards the Canary Islands, at a slower speed than planned. BBC […]

  • Malaysia: Fire Onboard Bunga Alpinia Tanker Contained

    27 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    The fire onboard Bunga Alpinia has been contained and currently further cooling efforts are under way. The Labuan Fire & Rescue Department will conduct an assessment of the vessel before authorising a search effort to be conducted onboard for the missing four crew members. MISC has confirmed that the deceased is Malaysian, Shahril Azmi Bin […]

  • CNR restarts Ninian production after fire

    27 June 2016

    CNR International has resumed production from its Ninian South platform, located in the UK sector of the North Sea, after a shutdown last week. The spokesperson for CNR told Offshore Energy Today that the company restarted output from the Ninian South platform on Sunday morning. Production from the offshore platform was shut down as a […]

  • LPG Tanker Fire Closes Houston Ship Channel

    15 December 2015

    A fire broke out aboard a liquid gas carrier around 9:45 a.m. Monday, which caused the closure of about 2 miles of the upper ship channel from Houston Ship Channel, near Greensport Dock West, the US Coast Guard informed. The vessel has been identified as Liberian-flagged tanker Navigator Europa as the tankship was onloading liquid ethylene/C2 at Targa’s […]

  • Fire hits Pemex platform. No injuries reported

    23 June 2015

    A platform has exploded in the Campeche Bay, offshore Mexico, Pemex, Mexico’s national oil company has reported. According to Pemex, a fire broke out on its usually unmanned Akal-H platform, after an oil and gas leak around 2 p.m. Monday. Pemex says that three workers performing routing inspection on the platform at the time of the […]

  • Thailand: Major Fire Strikes Nakluea Shipyard

    18 May 2011

    A major fire broke out in Nakluea shipyard destroying eight shacks, two large ships and other properties. At 9.30 a.m. Police Lieutenant … [mappress]   Source: pattayadailynews, May 18, 2011;  

  • VIDEO: Fire aboard Tanker Claims One Life

    25 April 2016

    One crew member is reported missing after a Russia-flagged tanker Palflot-2 caught fire on April 23 in the Caspian Sea, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The relevant authorities dispatched helicopters and rescue vessels to the site of the fire and managed to evacuate ten crew, with the remaining crew member believed […]

  • Fire service gets two new boats

    16 June 2007

    Firefighters in West Sussex are to take possession of two new boats to help with emergency incidents off the coast and on inland waterways. A 90hp craft, which will be based at East Wittering, will be mainly used for harbour fires and rescues.

  • Fire breaks out on Knarr FPSO off Norway

    24 March 2015

    A fire broke out onboard Petrojarl Knarr Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) unit, offshore Norway early this morning. The vessel is operating on the Knarr field offshore Norway for BG Group. It has been leased from Teekay Corporation and is moored approximately 120 kilometres off the Norwegian coast. According to BG Group’s statement sent to Offshore […]

  • Fire Erupts aboard Tanker at Norway’s Sture Terminal

    13 September 2019

    The tanker arrived at the Sture terminal from the Port of Gothenburg.

  • Security Guards Fire at Bangladeshi Shipbreaking Workers

    4 April 2016

    Private security personnel of Kabir Steel shipbreaking yard, located north of Bangladesh’s major port city, Chittagong are reported to have fired shots and injured seven people protesting outside the yard. The group of shipyard workers and a deceased worker’s family members gathered outside the yard as they claimed the company was withholding the body of a […]

  • Fire-Stricken Carnival Liberty Heads to San Juan

    11 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Carnival Cruise Line’s ship Carnival Liberty that experienced a fire earlier this week departed from St. Thomas on Thursday evening en route for its homeport of San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the ship is expected to arrive Friday morning, local time. “All necessary authorities including the U.S. Coast Guard have provided permission for the vessel to sail. […]

  • Update: Fire aboard Caribbean Fantasy Still Active

    19 August 2016

    A fire which started aboard the 561-foot ferry Caribbean Fantasy on August 17 is still active and the authorities are developing a vessel salvage plan, according to the United States Coast Guard. The fire reportedly began in the engine room of the ship and spread to other compartments on board. A Unified Command team, consisting of the coast […]

  • Felicity Ace sinks after being on fire for days

    2 March 2022
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Felicity Ace, the 6,400 CEU car carrier which caught fire on 16 February while crossing the Atlantic Ocean lost stability and sank yesterday, 1 March, after attempts to be towed to safety.